Chapter 169: One man and one pig, a tacit understanding!

Deeply shaken, Takahashi nearly fainted, and it was Kobayashi who caught her.

Looking at the crates filled with pig manure and the pried-open tunnel entrance, Kobayashi’s brow furrowed tightly.

"Dr. Takahashi, could there be another entrance? Did you miss one when making notes?"

Takahashi leaned weakly against him, closing her eyes with a pale face. "I am certain, there is only this one entrance!"

Clinging to a final shred of hope, Takahashi still had people go down to check once more, just in case a second opening had slipped her memory.

The reality was cruel. The entire underground cavern had been securely sealed with molten iron; apart from the entrance they had pried open, there truly was no second way in.

Hearing the subordinates' report, Takahashi and Kobayashi fell into a profound and heavy silence.

If the only entrance had not been breached, how on earth had these fresh piles of pig manure replaced the explosives and found their way into the crates?!

Someone muttered that there were ghosts! The atmosphere across the entire squad instantly grew tense!

Before Takahashi could bark a reprimand, an ethereal, drifting singing suddenly echoed from all directions!

"On the eighteenth of the first lunar month, an auspicious day, the red sedan chair is carried..."

A shrill female voice reverberated from every corner, now near, now far, sometimes audible and sometimes fading, accompanied by the harsh caw of crows, making everyone's skin crawl with sudden goosebumps.

Almost simultaneously, every single person drew their weapons, scanning their surroundings in sheer terror.

"Who is it?! Come out! Stop playing ghost tricks!"

Takahashi looked at the swaying pine branches in the distant woods, her voice hoarse and strained.

The next moment, a piercing female voice rang out: "Are you looking for me? I'm right here?! Come play with me! Ah~~哈哈哈!"

The eerie singing and piercing laughter made everyone's eardrums ache painfully.

In the desolate wilderness, the sudden appearance of dialogue completely shattered the squad's psychological defenses. The ranks descended into panic, with people screaming that there were ghosts! Ghosts!

Those with weaker nerves even raised their guns, preparing to pull the triggers and fire blindly into the surrounding darkness!

Unfortunately, Mingdai did not give them the chance. While doing the voiceover, she activated the spatial treasure-hunting function and aimed it at the crowd.

With a sudden lightness in their hands, everyone's weapons vanished into thin air!

"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!!!!"

The crowd thrashed about in absolute horror, using shrieks to vent the terror gripping their hearts!

Kobayashi and Takahashi stared at their empty hands with a chilling sensation creeping up their spines. The feeling of their weapons disappearing out of nothingness pushed their nerves to the absolute breaking point.

If the singing just now could still be written off as a human trick, the vanished weapons could no longer be dismissed as mere parlor magic!

Takahashi looked around vigilantly with a pale face, already regretting having come out tonight!

Fortunately, the singing gradually ceased, and the surrounding area returned to a dead silence. Under Takahashi's pacification, the panicked crowd gathered together once more.

"Let's get out of here first. We'll check out the supplies again in daylight tomorrow!"

The people on the scene had long since lost the desire to stay. They responded eagerly, stumbling and bumbling as they ran toward the pine forest where Mingdai and Zhou Sinian were hiding.

"They're coming!"

Mingdai and Zhou Sinian rubbed their hands in excitement, thrilled as they watched the group stumble right into their trap.

Upon entering the forest, every single pine tree began to sway without a breath of wind.

The group's nerves snapped tight once more!

They stood back-to-back, cautiously edging forward.

Just as they were about to emerge from the pine forest, the eerie singing rang out again.

Cold sweat broke out across everyone's bodies. They trembled as they looked toward the source of the sound!

On the mountain at night, amidst a thin veil of mountain mist, a figure drifted closer and closer, moving in time with the singing.

At times, the figure appeared tall and slender, accompanied by the shrill song, flicking long water sleeves as it floated toward the group.

At other times, it morphed into something bulky, galloping toward them on all fours while continuously emitting the ferocious roars of a wild boar!

The Wild Boar Bride!

There really was a Wild Boar Bride!

Takahashi and Kobayashi turned deathly pale as they watched the approaching entity, filled with profound regret!

The rest of the group were scared out of their wits, frozen in place without even attempting to flee!

Finally, the figure drew near!

Amidst the flickering light and shadow, the face of the ghost bride, streaming with blood and tears, lunged directly into the faces of the group!

Zhou Sinian switched on a flashlight, matching the moment by baring sharp fangs and a blood-stained mouth as he lunged forward in a diving posture!

Before the crowd could even scream, the light flickered off, and when it flashed back on, the diving figure had transformed into a giant wild boar clad in red garments, smashing directly into the tightly clustered group and sending them scattering in all directions!

The people sprawled on the ground raised their heads to see a massive pig's face, its scarlet eyes glaring directly at them. Beneath sharp tusks, a blood-smeared, reeking maw let out a piercing, ferocious roar, blasting a wave of hot, foul breath straight into everyone's faces.

That snapped those on the ground back to reality. They shrieked and scrambled in every direction, their legs too weak to even stand!

"Ghost!"

"There's a ghost!!"

"Save me!!"

"Mama, I want to go home!!!"

The atmosphere had been built to absolute perfection!

Mingdai nodded with satisfaction and initiated the next phase. First, she used her mind to send all the crates outside the forest flying into the air, treating the scattered crowd to the customary shower of pig manure.

The cold, reeking pig manure rained down upon their bodies and even into their mouths, driving them to an even higher pitch of terror. Like headless flies, they crashed blindly through the woods.

Once the pig manure shower concluded, Mingdai directed Zhou Sinian and the Wild Boar Bride to dart back and forth through the forest.

The man and the beast cooperated with tacit understanding: Zhou Sinian was responsible for snatching up people driven mad by fear and tossing them into the air, while the Wild Boar Bride was tasked with body-slamming them from mid-air!

With every pass, the entire clearing echoed with shrieks and agonizing wails!

Before long, a limp pile of bodies lay slumped amidst the pig manure on the ground, accompanied by terrified groans and moans everywhere!

The Wild Boar Bride possessed immense strength; after a few rounds of attacks, many people had already been knocked unconscious by the ferocious blows.

However, a few stubbornly remained conscious. Takahashi and Kobayashi watched in terror as the furious Wild Boar Bride furiously pawed the earth and charged directly toward the two of them!

"Bang!"

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!"

With a deafening crash, the pair were sent flying by the Wild Boar Bride, smashing squarely against a tree trunk before bouncing back onto the ground.

Takahashi got off relatively lightly, merely knocked unconscious by the impact, but Kobayashi had his shoulder pierced straight through by a sharp tusk!

Fresh blood spread across the ground, further exciting the Wild Boar Bride, which immediately lunged forward to maul and tear at the fallen Kobayashi.

After briefly regaining consciousness, Takahashi opened her eyes only to witness the horrifying scene of a wild boar wearing a red floral crown gnawing and feeding on a human body!!

Rolling her eyes back in horror, she fainted once again!

Mingdai and Zhou Sinian emerged from the shadows. Confiding that everyone on the scene had been knocked out cold, Mingdai retrieved the eagerly feasting Wild Boar Bride back into her spatial dimension.

She glanced briefly at Kobayashi, who was chewed up and tattered by the wild boar—he wasn't dead yet, but he was nearly there.

Mingdai administered a single acupuncture needle to ensure he would stay alive a little longer, then pulled out the props she had prepared in advance.

The climax of this grand theatrical production had finally arrived!